Southern China Power Market Opens Cross-Province Green Electricity to Data Centers

Southern China’s regional electricity market has entered continuous settlement trial operation, enabling daily cross-province trading across Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou and Hainan. In a separate May 2026 transaction, nine Guangdong data centers bought green power at a reported landed price of 0.40 yuan per kilowatt-hour. The transaction’s 17.45 million kilowatt-hours were priced nearly 0.13 yuan per kilowatt-hour below comparable in-province purchases, according to reported details of the Guangdong transaction.